THE WORK S O F Samuel Johnson, LL.D. IN ELEVEN VOLUMES. VOL. VI. LONDON: Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, M DCC LXXXVII. OF THE SIXTH VOLUME CONTINUATION OF THE RAMBLER. 77 The learned feldom defpifed but when they deferve 78 The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise 79 A fufpicious man justly suspected. 80 Variety neceffary to happinefs. A winter scene. 81 The great rule of action. Debts of juftice to be dif tinguished from debts of charity. 82 The Virtuofo's account of his rarities. 83 The Virtuofo's curiofity juftified. 86 The danger of fucceeding a great author: An intro- duction to a criticifm on Milton's verfification. 87 The reafons why advice is generally ineffectual. 88 A criticifm on Milton's verfification. Elifions dangerous 91 The conduct of patronage, an allegory. 92 The accommodation of found to fenfe, often chime- rical. 138 105 The univerfal regifter, a dream. 106 The vanity of an author's expectations. Reafons why good authors are fometimes neglected. 107 Properantia's hopes of a year of confufion. The mi- fery of prostitutes. |